One of the National Hockey League’s best feel-good stories is coming to Edmonton.

The Edmonton Oilers claimed Aussie winger Nathan Walker on waivers Friday after the Washington Capitals tried to send the rookie to their AHL farm team in Hershey. At the same time, the Oilers put Finnish winger Iiro Pakarinen, their fourth-line penalty-killer, on waivers.

Walker’s story is amazing. He was born in Cardiff, Wales but moved to Sydney, Australia when he was two years old. He got the hockey bug watching the Disney Mighty Ducks’ movie and got on the ice when he was six. In love with the game, he moved to the Czech Republic at 13, playing for youth teams in Vitkovice before making it to the Czech Elite League.

The 23-year-old left-winger was drafted by the Capitals in the third-round of the 2014 NHL draft, spent four years in the minors in Hershey and Carolina (ECHL), and scored in his first NHL game this season. He’d played only seven games, however, and with Andrei Burakovsky returning shortly from his broken thumb, they wanted Walker (one point, nine minutes a game) to get to the minors to get some work.

He’s relatively small in stature (five-foot-eight, 179 pounds) but he can skate and he’s got fair hands. He’ll be joining the team in Calgary for Saturday’s game.

If Pakarinen, 26, clears waivers, he’ll be going to Bakersfield, the Oilers’ AHL farm team. He had one assist in 18 games this season and was primarily used as one of their top six penalty-killers.

In 112 Oilers games, he has eight goals and 21 points.

The Oilers may use Walker to kill penalties, but the Caps didn’t trust him there.

Walker likely won’t play in Calgary because fourth-line winger Jujhar Khaira had two assists against Toronto Thursday and he’s not coming out of the lineup.

“I haven’t seen Walker play a lot because he didn’t dress against us this year but our scouting staff talks about the pace of his game and his ability to penalty kill. He’s on the upward curve of his career and entry to the National Hockey League,” said Oilers coach Todd McLellan.

“He needs to play because he’s not getting any better,” Caps coach Barry Trotz told The Washington Post. “We thought sending him down was the right thing to do. Hopefully, he gets a consistent opportunity in Edmonton. If he does and he makes it, that’s fantastic. If he doesn’t, then we have an opportunity to reclaim him (if the Oilers send him to their Bakersfield farm team). But that’s what waivers are there for.”